Dave Baptista (Truthteller) Passing
tjennings
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I don't know if the forum is aware or not but I received a call tonight from his son Josh that Dave Baptista (aka TruthTeller) died last week from cancer. Just thought that friends of his would want to know.
I got out of coin collecting a couple of years ago but he was a good friend and I was amazed at his coin knowledge. Rest in Peace, Truth.
TJ
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Awwwwww, crap! This is awful news. For those who have not been on these boards for years and years and years, you may not be familiar with Truth. However, he was a steady contributor of knowledge, insight and whit in the late 1990s and into the early 2000s. Since then he had hopped into and out of the boards, but would always send me a message or two upon arrival and we would discuss things.
Rest in peace, my friend.
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RIP TT. What a good guy
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
How I hate hearing this sort of news.
R.I.P. old comrade.
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RIP Truth
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
Loved him on the open forum too, back in the day. Such a heavy contributer in the coin arena and he was never frightened to take on the big dogs if he was challenged, yet was gentle enough to share his vast knowledge with a beginner too.
Will be missed.
Good to hear from TJ though! Wish you visited more.
peacockcoins
Very sad news. I remember him from when I first got onto the forums. He was a great contributor. I never met him in person or talked privately but I appreciated his insight and knowledge. Godspeed Truth...
condolences to family and friends.
I rarely comment on these type of threads but truthteller was a really good guy. when I first joined I was stunned at his frankness and the information he put out and backed up. we PM'd a little and got to know each other around the time he was moving away from the forum.
sadly, the "truth" will be missed.
This is very sad. TT was a prolific poster and I learned from him. I always wished he had stuck around. RIP.
I remember Truthteller well...here and on the open forum. He was very knowledgeable. Condolences to family and friends. RickO
I'm very sorry to hear.
Condolences to his family.
I don't think I had direct conversations with him, but always appreciated his comments. Another good one gone too soon.
RIP....he contributed a lot and I always enjoyed his posts. Condolences to his family...
K
Hate hearing news like this.....RIP Truth.
The "Truth" can no longer be told..............
Very Sad.
Pete
So true. He was a memorable contributor to the group. RIP
RIP truthteller
I really enjoyed Truth's posts, although I didn't see much from him the last few years. Sorry to now hear why. Darn it.
R.I.P. Dave.
An honest man, Dave was a well regarded, if controversial, contributor here for a long time, he has been and will always be missed, sincere condolences to his friends and family.
Rest in peace Truth
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
RIP Dave.
Sorry to hear, prayers for friends and family.
I hate hearing that we lost another good forum guy
can anyone link an obit??
So sad. An enormous asset to the wealth of numismatic knowledge on this forum.
I'm sorry to hear this.
One always knew what he was thinking and he told it like it was.
RIP
I too received a call from Josh. Going to a coin show will never be the same for me, because I would always run into Dave in the aisles at Long Beach, Buena Park, San Jose or wherever and we would talk about the market. Dave had an incredible awareness of what was happening with the market and its controversies. I first met him in the late 1990's at Bill Spears' table, where Dave was one of the guys waiting in line to talk to Bill and look at coins. Dave also demonstrated Bill's penchant for coin conversation and sharing knowledge. As for his collecting tastes, Dave loved classic commems. We traded several nicely toned pieces over the years, and he also collected the original card stock and envelopes that stored the coins when they were shipped. He once said that commems were an easy series to collect, but one that was filled with nuances that only an advanced collector could appreciate. Now both Bill and Dave are gone, and for me, an era of learning, conversation and camaraderie have passed. Rest in peace my friend, I will miss you greatly.
If anyone is interested in sending flowers or attending Dave's funeral service, please send me a PM as Josh shared that information with me and asked that I pass it on to Dave's circle of coin friends.
I had NO CLUE Dave was ill. I'm pretty sure I saw him either this last September at Long Beach or in June and he seemed fine to me. He had lost some weight in recent years but that was a good number of years ago. I'm pretty upset about this....
RIP David.
jom
Strat - PM sent.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
Sorry to read this; and I wish his family my codolences.
Very sad to hear!
WOW - sorry to hear of the news - thanks for letting us know.
Sorry to read this. I remember reading his posts.